Jill A Fisher

Medical Research for Hire

The Political Economy of Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on the professional roles of those involved, as well as key research practices, Fisher assesses the risks and advantages for physicians and patients alike when pharmaceutical drug studies are used as an alternative to standard medical care.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None edition
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 383g
• ISBN-13: 9780813544106
• ISBN-10: 0813544106
• Artikelnr.: 23822039

Autorenporträt

Jill A. Fisher is an assistant professor in the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University.

Inhaltsangabe

Clinical trials : coming soon to a physician near you
Governing human subjects research
Pursuing contract research
Coordinating clinical trials
Monitoring the clinical trials industry
Recruiting human subjects
Mobilizing informed consent
Cultivating pharmaceutical "compliance"
Changing markets in pharmaceutical research